In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says ~20K Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting April 17 (Zack Whittaker/~this week in security~)

Jun 08, 2026 - 10:45
Updated: 3 days ago
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Meta AI chatbot flaw exploited to reset passwords on thousands of Instagram accounts

Zack Whittaker / ~this week in security~:
In a notice to Maine's AG, Meta says ~20K Instagram accounts may have been hacked during the months-long abuse of its Meta AI chatbot, starting April 17  —  Meta fixed the bug that let anyone trick its Meta AI chatbot into resetting the password on Instagram accounts that didn't have two-factor authentication.

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